The next day, Hagrid is not teaching class. Harry returns to Gryffindor tower to find that Hermione and Ron are having a huge fight about why she went to the ball with Krum instead of with him. After the ball that night, Cedric hints for Harry to take a bath with the golden egg, but Harry is wary of this advice. Harry spends the whole night feeling miserable about Cho and Cedric, and so Harry and Ron leave the ball for a stroll, during which they overhear Hagrid telling Madame Maxime, the giant head of Beauxbatons, that he is half-giant. On Christmas, the night of the ball, Ron wears his awful dress robes and spends the entire night staring at Hermione, who is there as Viktor Krum's date. Finally, Harry and Ron procure the pretty but annoying Patil twins as their partners for the Yule Ball. Hermione has a date, but won't say who it is and she is annoyed when Ron asks her as his last-resort date. Harry gathers his courage to ask Cho, but finds out that she is already going with Cedric. In class, Professor McGonagall announces that the Yule Ball is approaching and that the champions must find partners this is an unexpected and difficult task. Crouch's ex- house-elf, who is miserable at hers. Soon afterward, Hermione drags Harry and Ron down to the kitchens, where they encounter Dobby, who is thrilled at his freedom, and Winky, Mr. The first task approaches, and Harry is fretful during the weighing of the wands, a reporter named Rita Skeeter accosts Harry and interviews him for what she says is a story about the tournament, but instead publishes a sappy, exaggerated article about Harry's tragic past. School resumes, and Harry is frustrated that few people believe he didn't place his own name in the Goblet of Fire. Gryffindor House is triumphant, but Ron is sullen and envious, and he doesn't speak to Harry for quite some time. But because the Goblet's decision is final, it is generally decided that Harry is obligated to compete. Mass chaos ensues, since Harry is too young. On halloween night, the Goblet of Fire spits out the names of the champions who will compete in the Triwizard Tournament along with Cedric Diggory, Fleur Delacour, and Viktor Krum, Harry Potter is selected. In late October, the delegates from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang arrive, and Ron is thrilled to see that Viktor Krum, a famous Quidditch player, has come with Durmstrang.
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